Please Mr. Postman - Other Versions

Other Versions

• Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders (from Birmingham, England) recorded it as their 2nd single, released in Jan 1964, later released on LP on Birmingham Beat (1983). Their version has a slowed-down "skiffle-beat" arrangement quite different from the original.
• Peggy Evers from Les Humphries Singers released a disco version in 1980.
• "Please Mr. Postman" is part of "The Greatest Medley Ever Told" sung by Whoopi Goldberg in the opening scene of the 1993 film, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit.
• The Backbeat band covered the song for the 1994 film Backbeat.
• Uruguayan Rock BandEl Cuarteto de Nos recorded a cover version called in Spanish "Vo, cartero", for their 1994 album Otra Navidad en las Trincheras. It is one of the most known songs by the band, even though it's a cover version with the lyrics re-written to humorous effect.
• The China Dolls covered this song for their album Cover Girls in 2003 which also featured singers from GMM Grammy.
• Juelz Santana sampled the Carpenters' version for the song "Oh Yes" on his 2005 album What the Game's Been Missing.
• The Saturdays performed a cover of the song on Celebrating The Carpenters.
• American rapper Lil Wayne sampled The Carpenters' version of the song on a mixtape track called "Mr. Postman".
• In this song was also features by the 2008 music simulation game Wii Music.
• Diana Ross and the Supremes also made a cover of "Mr Postman."
• In the T.V show Phineas and Ferb there is an episode where there is a parody of this song.
• The song is referenced in Layzie Bone's opening verse for the 2003 Bone Thugs-n-Harmony song "Home".
• In 2009, the dubstep producer Cragga made a dubstep version of this song.
• Takeshi Terauchi & Blue Jeans of Japan made an instrumental cover of this song
• Agnes Chan recorded a version of this song in the 70's for a Japanese album.
• Bob Rivers recorded a parody titled "Don't Shoot Mr. Postman".